James Monroe Iglehart

James Monroe Iglehart is multi-award winning actor who appeared as Louis Armstrong in the Broadway musical A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, earning a 2025 Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. As an 18-year veteran of Broadway, James has performed in such productions as & Juliet, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Chicago, Hamilton, freestyle love supreme, Memphis and is best known for winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his comedic turn as Genie in Disney’s Aladdin the Musical. Television credits include “Maniac,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” as Coriolanus Burt, “Girls5eva,” “The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo,” “Elementary,” “The Good Wife,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and “Blue’s Clues.” Film credits include Three Christs, Disney’s Disenchanted and Disney’s Wish. Iglehart has headlined sold-out concerts across the country, including, the Hollywood Bowl, 54 Below in NYC and Carnegie Hall. James is an Emmy-nominated voice over actor for the hit Disney Jr. TV series “SuperKitties” as well as lending his voice to Disney’s “Kiff,” Disney’s “DuckTales,” “Helluva Boss,” “Hazbin Hotel,” and many others on the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Netflix and Apple TV. James appears in several audiobooks including Star Wars: Myths and Legends by George Mann, and Another Country by James Baldwin. He has also used his writing talents to write stories for Marvel Comics. James can next be seen in the upcoming new installment of Disney’s Descendants franchise, reprising his role of the Genie in Disney’s “Descendants: Hidden Heroes,” coming to Disney Channel and Disney+. His greatest triumphs are his kids, grandkids and being a husband of over 20 years to his wife, Dawn.